Clothes-pin.



.No. 886,245. PATEN-TED APR. 28, 1908. w. A. PUGH. GLOYTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 1906.

Q Vi in zoom UNITED STATES AENTOFFICE.

WILLIAM A. PUGH, DADEVILLE, MISSOURI.

CLOTHE S-PIN.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. PUGH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dadeville, in the county of Dade and State of Missouri, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to clothes pins, and its primary object is toprovide a device of this character adapted'to be constructed of a singlestrand of wire and to be adjustably secured to a clothes line againstaccidental displacement.

A further object of my invention is to provide a clothes pin which issimple and durable, which will retain an article upon a clothes lineagainst accidentalv displacement, and which may be manufactured and soldat a comparatively low cost.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts here inafter fullydescribed, claimed and illus trated in the accompanying drawing,wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, illustrating the application of myimproved clothes-pin. Fig. 2 is a top lan view thereof. Fig. 3 is asection on the ine 3-3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is an end elevation.

My invention is adapted to be constructed of a single strand of highlyelastic wire treated to prevent rusting.

To iorm the clothes-pin, the strand is bent at a oint intermediate itslength to provide a co ed expansion spring 2, through the medium ofwhich the pin is adapted to be secured to a clothes line. After thespring 2 has been formed, the strand is extended laterally in bothdirections beyond the spring to provide arms 3, which, when the pin isin applied position, are located below the clothes line. The strand isthen bent upward at right angles to the arms 3 to provide arms 3, thenbent to provide coiled contractile springs 4 and thence bent downwardlyto provide arms 4 gether with the springs 4, form clamps, the clampingmembers of which are firmly pressed against the clothes line to securean article thereon against displacement. The expansion of the spring 2holds the arms 3 The arms 3 and 4 to- Patented April 28, 1908.

Serial No. 324,646.

- downwardly below the clothes line, thereby at all times retaining theclamping members in clamping position u on the clothes line. After thearms 4* are 'ormed, the strand is bent inwardly towards the spring 2 toprovide arms 5, which are bent inwardly in reverse directions to providehook-members arranged within the spring 2 and consisting of verticalportions 6 and horizontal ortions 7. The clothes-pin is adapted to esecured to a clothes line by passing the line between the oonvolutionsof the spring 2 at a point above the horizontal portions 7 of thehookmembers 6, which prevent the accidental displacement of theclothes-pin. The vertical portions of the hook-members 6 are disposed onopposite sides of the clothes line, for a purpose to be presentlystated. When it is desired to secure articles to the clothes line, theclamps are adapted to be disengaged from the clothes line by being movedupwardly, after which the articles may be positioned uponthe line. Afterthe articles have been properly positioned upon the line, the clamps arereleased, whereupon the spring 2 moves the same downwardly into clampingposition upon the line. The clamping members of the clamps are separatedmore or less according to the thickness of the articles, this separationof the clamping members bein limited by the engagement of the verticaportions of the hook-members 6 with the clothes line, whereby allliability of the horizontal portions 7 of the hook-members 6 beingwithdrawn from beneath the clothes line and thus releasing theclothes-pin, is obvi- Having fully described and illustrated myinvention, what I claim is:

A clothes-pin comprising an expanslon spring adapted to recelve a llne,an arm forming an integral part of the spring and adapted 1 neath theline and its Vertical portion to one to be held below the clothes-linethereby, a side thereof. 10 clamp forming an integral part of the arm,In testimony whereof, I affix my signature and another arm forming anintegral part of in presence of two witnesses.

the clamp, said other arm having its end bent WILLIAM A. PUGH.

to provide a hook member disposed within Witnesses:

the spring, the horizontal portion of the hook W. H. WATSON, memberbeing adapted to be disposed bel S. B. PYLE.

